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  Producing localized commodity frontiers at the end of cheap nature: an analysis of eco‐scalar carbon fixes and their consequences

  Wiley Online Library, 2018

  There is no single ‘great’ commodity frontier whose exploitation under current socio‐technical conditions could fuel capital accumulation at the global scale. According to Jason Moore, this represents the ‘end of Cheap Nature’ and signals a terminal crisis for capitalism as we know it.
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  Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives - IOPscience

  IOPscience, 2017

  The central role of forests in climate change mitigation, as recognized in the Paris agreement, makes it increasingly important to develop and test methods for monitoring and evaluating the carbon effectiveness of REDD+.
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  Real-time evaluation of Norway's international climate and forest initiative. Literature review and programme theory.

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2016

  The report presents findings of a baseline for a new wave of real time evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). Two separate but closely connected studies have been conducted following an extensive literature review, workshops, and interviews.
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  Human rights and resource conflicts in the Amazon

  Rainforest Foundation Norway, 2015

  The Amazon comprises the largest tract of tropical rainforest in the world. Numerous indigenous peoples have traditionally inhabited this region, and 25 percent of its total land area is formally recognised as indigenous territories. Such territories are an effective means of protecting the forest.
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  Subsidies to key commodities driving forest loss

  Overseas Development Institute, 2015

  This working paper argues that there is an increasing focus on the role that public and private resources can play in supporting activities that reduce forest loss as part of wider efforts to address climate change, and ensure sustainable development.
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  REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies

  World Rainforest Movement, 2015

  The complexity of REDD initiatives from another perspective.
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  A new era in the fight against deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: opportunities to improve policy effectiveness

  Stockholm Environment Institute, 2014

  The deforestation slowdown in the Amazon is one of the most important environmental success stories of recent decades, with an 83% decrease in the annual rate of deforestation from 2004 to 2012. This accomplishment has enabled Brazil to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third, while also preserving biodiversity and maintaining other vital ecosystem services.
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  Instituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  REDD readiness is about developing national strategies for REDD+ including the necessary systems to ensure reduced DD, encompassing systems for monitoring/carbon accounting and distribution of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground.
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  Local preferences for REDD+ payment formats in Brazil, The Bolsa Floresta Programme, RDS Rio Negro

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway).
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  Contribution Analysis: Norwegian Embassy support to indigenous peoples in Brazil 2002 -2013

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014

  The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) to acquire knowledge and draw lessons about the nature, organisation and achievements of the Norwegian Indigenous Support Programme in Brazil (NISPB), and (b) to inform future strategies, policies and interventions in this area of development cooperation.

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